THE RED CEDAR. 42/ 



cedar the most. I was born in a log cabin, surrounded by large red 

 cedar trees that my father planted long years ago on his Indiana 

 homestead. If you will put red cedar shavings in your clothes chest 

 the moths will never go near them. The honey bees love the cedar 

 tree because they know they are moth-proof. If you can afford to 

 make cedar hives for your bees you will never be troubled with 

 moths. In my opinion they are the most profitable trees on earth. 

 I raise evergreens from seed. The cedar I plant in the fall of the 

 year, balsam and all sorts of pines in the spring. They want to be 

 planted in the poorest land you can find. I planted some under 

 forest trees, but they don't do so well as out in the open field. They 

 must be shaded for two seasons. In winter I cover them with forest 

 leaves, and then I throw some brush on top to keep the leaves from 

 blowing away. 



There are many reasons why I love the cedars. They break off 

 the chilly winds of December and January and cool the hot south 

 wind in summer. When I was a school boy I made bows and ar- 

 rows out of red cedar, also torches to spear fish by. The cedar w^as 

 used by the Wyandotte Indians in the Wyandotte Cave to make a 

 light at a time when candles and kerosene lamps were unknown. 

 The cedar will stand severe drouth and wet and cold, like the cedars 

 of Lebanon will stand the storm and never die with old age as other 

 trees do. 



THE MINNESOTA FRUIT EXHIBIT AT THE WORLD'S 

 FAIR, SEPTEMBER 1 TO 15. 



The Minnesota exhibit at the World's Fair from Sept. i to 15, 

 was very good. But as it was the last of the Duchess season, also the 

 last of the cold storage fruit and Wealthy coming were some- 

 what immature, the exhibit rather needed the contributions of 

 Patten's Greening, Okabena, Peerless, Hibernal, Charlamof, Mc- 

 Mahon, University and others as early as they were sent in. 



During the fore part of the season when the more perishable 

 kinds were on the tables, it was necessary to have fresh shipments to 

 replace them often. But from now on, as the Wealthy and other 

 late varieties are ready for exhibition, the plates will not need to be 

 replenished so frequently, and if parties sending fruit would heed 

 your instructions to send nothing but the best and most perfect 

 specimens, the exhibit would be kept up to its present standard and 

 there would be quite a saving in express charges. There was a 

 very creditable display of plums that attracted considerable attention 

 and comment; also one shipment of grapes that helped out the 

 exhibit very materially. J. P- Andrews. 



